Why it matters
The energy context.
Manufacturing the equipment of the energy transition — solar modules, transformers, switchgear, electrolyzers, advanced batteries — has become a domestic industrial priority in its own right. The Inflation Reduction Act's §45X advanced-manufacturing production credits make the unit economics workable at US labor costs. Transformer shortages are now a meaningful constraint on the broader power-grid expansion.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Nevados (Priefert Steel)
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- Mount Pleasant, Texas
- Investment
- —
- Expected jobs
- 100
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Oct 25, 2023
- Expected opening
- Jan 1, 2024
- Added to tracker
- Feb 27, 2026
Sources
Official references
- Primary source https://nevados.solar/nevados-leader-in-all-terrain-solar-trackers-begins-manufacturing-in-east-texas-with-a-boost-from-made-in-america-tax-credits/
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